Coal-cart



(No Model.)

T. PINNERTY.

` GOAL GA-RT. -No. 3 30,2l7. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

-WITNEEEEE- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS FINNERTY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

COAL-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330.217, dated November10, 1885.

Application filed July 6, 1385. Serial No. 170,'751. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, THOMAS FINNERTY, of the city of Baltimore and Stateof Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Goal- Carts, of whichthe following is a specification.

This nvention relates to improved means for supporting the upper end ofa discharging chute from a coal-cart, as will hereinafter ully appear.

lu the drawings forming a part hereof, Figure I is a side elevation ofthe principal parts of a coalcart. Fig. II is a rear View of the same.Figs. III and IV are details of the invention on an enlarged scale.

A is the body of the coal-cart, and B and C the wheels. The doorsordinarily used for the diseharge of coal are denoted by a a, and theshort spout to which the chute D is generally attached is represented byb. The body is adapted for elevation to give inclination to the chute;but the devices whereby the body is raised are not shown in thedrawings, as they form no part of my invention. It happens in some casesthat the necessary inclination for the chute to give a proper dischargefor the coal cannot be obtained With existing devices. I thereforeprovide for such a con tingency by affixing to the rear end of the cart,or to the side of the same, the hooked -ods c, which are adapted toslide in stands d. The hooked rods c are notched, as shown, and

pawls e e are used to hold the rods at any height to which they areraised. The chite D has eyes or hooks, which may be connected to thehooks on the rods c. When the rods c are not in use, they are withdrawnfrom their stands d and stowed away in any suitable place on the cart.When the hooked rods c are to be attached to the side of the cart, theirstands d may be made as shown in Figs. III and lV-that is to Say in onepiece-but when the stands are applied over the doors a, as shown in'Figs. I and II, they have to bein sections, as represented in thosefigures.

It will be understood that the hooked rods c are only used when therequired elevation of the upper end of the chute cannot be obtained byraising the body.

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination with the body of a ooalcart,a pair of hooked rods attached thereto and adapted for adjustnent inheight, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with the. body of a coalcart, the stands d, removablehooked and notched bars c, and pawls e, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

his THOMAS FINNERTY.

mark. Witnesses:

CHAS. W. ARNOLD, DANL. FIsHER.

